The Hindu Images is a web-based online catalogue cum storefront for The Hindu's rights managed photo stock.

Image Search:
To find the images there are two search options available. Search (a quick search) or the Advanced search.

Search:

To perform a quick search

• Go to our homepage. Enter the keyword(s) of the images or the photo id of the specific image.
  
• Click 'Go' and images matching your search criteria will be shown on a search results page.

Advanced Search:

Advanced search contains more options for searching images. Link to 'Advanced Search' is available in the top panel of our homepage and all other pages in the site.The search options are grouped into 5 heads. They are

1.Photo Description
2.Photo Caption
3.Event Details
4.Photographer Name
5.Search Result options

1.Photo Description:
This group contains fields for entering Keywords, Photo Web Category, Photo Category, Sub-category. Every image in The Hindu Images is assigned with Keyword(s)

Images are classified into 4 web categories viz. News, Creative, Historic, Sports. Images are also given a Category and Sub-category. Multiple Keywords are separated by commas or spaces. Usage of comma and space implies an boolean OR operation and usage of + operator implies an boolean AND operation. Keywords with more than one word i.e. Phrases should be given within quotes either single quote (') of double quote ("). Boolean operators like AND, OR can be explicitly given instead of commas and spaces.

2.Photo Caption:
Every image has a caption associated with it. Users give terms appearing in caption if required. Boolean operators can also be used here. To do a exact phrase search enclose words in single or double quotes.

Keywords and Caption can be combined in 2 different ways to perform a search using the boolean operator option provided in between Photo Description and Photo Caption heads. To narrow down search use 'AND' option and to widen the search use 'OR' option.

3.Event Details:
This option is given to narrow down search for a image using its event date range, location which includes city, state and country.

4.Photographer Name:
If you are seraching the photos of a particular photographer then you can choose his name from the drop down list.

5.Search Result Options:
The view of the search results page can be controlled using these options. You can choose Horizontal or Verticla display with the no of images to appear in each page. Also there are different sort options available to choose from.

Results Page:

This page lists the search results with a thumbnail view of the images matching the search criteria. A detailed view of the image can be seen by either clicking on the thumbnail or by using the 'Show Details' link available below each image. The image can be added to your 'Wishlist' for purchasing at a later time. The pricing of the image can be calculated using the 'Calculate Price' link and the image can be added to shopping cart after calculating the price. Navigation to search result pages is provided at the top and bottom of each result pages.